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Steven Hanson
UI/UX Developer & Designer
Born and raised in the suburbs of Washington D.C., I discovered my passion for art at a young age. During my time at Virginia Commonwealth University, the Internet was just beginning to emerge in popular culture, and it was love at first click. In 1997, I started teaching myself HTML and Photoshop, taking what was in my head into the digital age.
I bring a rare combination of creative and technical skills to every project. I thrive in collaborative environments, working with equally talented individuals to take a concept all the way from idea to market. I’ve always been someone teams can depend on when it matters most, and I take pride in bringing years of best practices to every challenge I take on. If I truly love and believe in what I’m building, work will always come first.
My expertise now covers 20+ years of bridging design and development; from high-fidelity prototypes and design systems to production-ready HTML, CSS, and accessible responsive interfaces. I'm completely comfortable embedding into agile teams, owning the full UX deliverable lifecycle, and translating complex requirements into intuitive experiences across Government, media, and financial services.
Experience
Work History
Collaborated with stakeholders, software developers, and systems engineers using participatory design and creative brainstorming techniques to deliver UX solutions for a Government conveyance monitoring and tracking system.
- Audited and overhauled an inherited Government agency UX framework, identifying pain points and implementing targeted design updates that improved task efficiency and user adoption.
- Managed end-to-end UX documentation across multiple apps and platforms, including workflows, wireframes, low and high-fidelity prototypes, and UI specifications.
- Independently designed and deployed an AWS S3 SCSS repository that separated design assets from the development lifecycle, giving the team the ability to push style changes on demand.
- Collaborated with the 508 compliance team to resolve accessibility issues, with work recognized as a featured example in a department-wide webinar on best compliance practices.
Worked closely with Senior UX Lead Architect on the company's complete lifecycle Request to Payment application. Supported five scaled teams as a shared UX resource, as well as providing sprint goal support.
- Customized Angular Material themes and Kendo UI components to deliver tailored, scalable UX solutions.
- Initiated monthly Lunch & Learn series to share useful practices, methodologies & protocol. Personally authored BEM CSS Methodology: Writing CSS code as a team effort to ensure rapid development for the series.
- Drafted & compiled a comprehensive library of UX/UI coding guidelines and protocols to prevent inconsistencies between multiple teams. Knowledge Transfer assistance for all new onboarding Developers.
UX Developer for a $570B Fortune 500 insurance company, translating high-fidelity wireframes into responsive web pages while serving as the primary point of contact for all web development and UX deliverables.
- Owned the full suite of UX deliverables , workflows, wireframes, prototypes, and UI specifications , supporting development across multiple applications and platforms.
- Established design strategy and best practices for streamlined future page creation.
User Interface and Experience developer responsible for the continuous evaluation and maintenance of the company's website through various repositories such as Beanstalk, Git, and Bitbucket. Curated content within Amazon S3 Web Services and prototyped wireframes of responsive layouts for company-wide usage.
- Contributor and sole custodian of all company-wide CSS3/SCSS styling updates.
- Modified newspaper's 80,000+ subscriber-based Daystarter email template for a seamless design layout across all browsers and clients.
- Redesigned new Presidential Promises page during 2016 election cycle on limited time and resources.
- Implemented and established tracking system for better notification processes to all TBO.com subscribers.
- Conceptualized and crafted Tampa Bay Times Flash Briefing Skill for Amazon Alexa devices.
- Hand-selected by Deputy Director to support newly-formed Digital Audience Revenue team.
Web development liaison and lead CSS3 designer responsible for the network maintenance and coordination of the company's Development, Editorial, and Interactive departments in both Washington, D.C. and New York. Acted as CMS rights and access administrator for all departments.
- Created numerous templates, webpages, graphics and CSElements for addition to company's Oracle WebCenter Site CMS.
- Conducted quality assurance and development checks to ensure company's 508 compliance.
- Tested and implemented several third party tracking tools (e.g. Omniture, Qualtrics, and Maximizer).
- Designed various backend online tools for internal company-wide use.
- Executed User Acceptance testing and completed updates to Confluence documentation.
Kind Words
Referrals
Steve is a rare find. He is able to design a site, factor in usability, and build it all himself. If I had another dream team of development folks to put together again, Steve would be a “must have.”
Tampa Bay Times
Isolating needs on development production teams means you have to fill that need. Hiring Steve to fill the need for UI front end developer with a direct effect on User Experience through CSS stylings was the key. Steve’s impact on the projects allowed us to realize the UX architecture fully while employing the design of Responsive and Accessibility UI directly into the code for project success.
Steve stepped things up by responding to the direct request of creating libraries and component deployment of CSS styles including the naming conventions that bring clarity to developer code. The libraries Steve created were used project wide across 5 development teams. Steve coupled with UX lead to help nurture and lead developers by teaching the implementation of the libraries and styles and how to integrate them into Angular as global styles and isolated component styles.
The success of the project was impacted deeply by the inclusion of Steve Hanson and his skillset, but further success was had due to Steve’s ability to learn new ways of code/UI improvement and then project those learnings into the developers skill set through thought leadership and small group/one on one collaboration. I strongly recommend Steve Hanson for any project that desires a successful outcome especially in the realm of taking Experience Design to code for User Interaction success.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
I had the privilege of working with Steve at the Tampa Bay Times. He was reliable, professional with an attention to detail that made him the perfect “go to” person when you wanted to be confident that things would be done correctly the first time.
Working with Steve was a pleasure as he always went above and beyond with great confidence while demonstrating a high level of professionalism and well thought out user experience decisions.
Steve would be a great asset to any company that is looking for a strong design and coding skill set with the ability to adapt quickly and execute. He possesses a great personality alongside extensive experience which makes him a solid team lead or member.
It’s these attributes that allow him to work well with others to identify problems, architect sound solutions and iron out wrinkles and get the job done.
Tampa Bay Times
Selected Work
Portfolio
End-to-end UX design and development including framework overhaul and SCSS architecture for a Government monitoring platform.
Creation of SaaS sowftware application to help improve cash flow management.
Email template redesign for 80K+ subscribers, Presidential Promises page, and Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing Skill.
Designed SXM's Channel Guide styling & formatting for entire library of station channels
Translated high-fidelity wireframes into responsive desktop web pages for a $570B Fortune 500 insurer.
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